Check your homeowner’s or renter’s insurance to see if your belongings are covered during the move.

To ensure service during transition, have PG&E and phone service turned on in your new place the day before you move in, and turned off at your old place the day after you move out.

Refill important prescriptions to sustain you through the transition.

Order bank checks with your new address.

Have mail forwarded to new address. Obtain Change of Address Form at the Post Office, or update new address online at www.usps.gov.

Notify them that you’ve moved:

  • Credit card companies.
  • Magazine (OneSwitch 888.255.7982) and newspaper subscriptions.
  • Banks and other financial institutions.
  • Auto insurance.
  • Home owner/Renter’s insurance.
  • Loan/Finance companies.
  • Club memberships.
  • Attorney and accountant.
  • AT&T & SBC 800.252.0638
  • PG&E 800.743.5000 www.pge.com
  • Comcast 800.945.2288
  • Sprint 800.242.2560
  • MCI 800.444.3333
  • DirectTV 877.616.MOVE
  • S.F. Water Company 415.923.2400
  • S.F. Golden Gate Disposal 415.626.4000
  • DMV 800.777.0133 www.dmv.ca.gov
  • SF Residential Parking Permit 415.554.5000
  • Voter Registration www.fec.gov
  • IRS Change of Address and Income Tax Form 800.829.1040 (Form 3903 is one of the forms used to deduct moving expenses)

Bay Area Charities that pick up donations:

  • American Cancer Discovery Shops: 415.682.8053 or 800.877.1710
  • The Salvation Army: 800.95.TRUCK
  • St. Vincent De Paul Society San Francisco: 415.908.3656
  • St. Vincent De Paul Society San Mateo: 650.871.6844
  • St. Anthony Foundation: 415.241.8300
  • Goodwill Industries: 415.575.2133 or 888.4.Goodwill
  • The Assoc. of Retarded Citizens of SF 415.626.5710 or 800.675.4499
  • Alta Bates Medical Ctr. Showcase 510.653.1527
  • Children's Hospital Oakland 510.658.7473
  • Hospice By The Bay 415.673.3030
  • Jewish Family & Children's Services 415.449.2900
  • Uhuru Furniture 510.763.3342
  • The United Cancer Research Society 800.443.4224